ELEVEN persons including the traditional head of
Omuokiri-Aluu community, Chief Alhaji Hassan Walewa have been arraigned
at the High Court in Port Harcourt over the brutal murder last Friday of three
students of the University of Port Harcourt and their friend at Omuokiri-Aluu,
Rivers state.
The state Police Commissioner, Mr Mohammed Ndabawa who
made this known when the Executive Secretary of the National Human rights
Commission, Prof Ben Agwe and his team visited him at the Police
headquarters in Port Harcourt said a total of thirteen persons had so far been
arrested in connection with the ugly incident.
The state Police boss who spoke through his Deputy Police
Commissioner, Mr Thomas Etomi said two persons out of the thirteen were
kept behind to aid police investigation.
He assured that the Police would unearth all details relating
to the murder, adding that the Commission would be kept abreast with minute
developments from the Police angle on the issue.
The Police boss who described the way the four were killed as
barbaric said there was no justification for the mob action. He said the
Police would ensure such ugly incident does not repeat itself again in the
state.
Earlier, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof
Angwe said they were in the state to hear how the four were murdered. He
said they would visit the village where the sad incident occurred and also make
effort to meet with parents of the deceased before leaving the state.
He assured family members of the four and students of the
University of Port Harcourt that his Commission would stand by them to see that
justice was done in the case.
Prof Angwe said the
Commission had received calls from the international community on the sad
incident, promising that they would also monitor the court process to its end.
He further appealed to students of the University of Port
Harcourt not to take laws into their hands over the ugly incident.
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